Your comment adds no substance to the thread. The highest court in the land has already ruled that individuals have the right to possess firearms in common use

Your comment adds no substance to the thread. The highest court in the land has already ruled that individuals have the right to possess firearms in common use. The vision or intent of the founding fathers, is, quite frankly, irrelevant at this juncture. Also: many accounts (specifically, the Federalist papers) would disagree with the "oh! but they never imagined it!" argument. But, for the sake of argument, you do realize almost all of the then-standing naval fleet and their weaponry (specifically: cannons) were privately owned? At that point in time, it was completely acceptable (as a private citizen) to own weaponry that could completely level structures.